Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The investigation continues into the suspect in last week's shooting of two National Guard members near the White House. One of them died. The suspect is an Afghan national who had worked with the CIA in Afghanistan. He came to this country seeking asylum in 2021. Authorities say they believe he was not radicalized until after that.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told ABC's This Week, It's hard to properly vet applicants from some countries.
How do we vet someone that comes from Afghanistan or Somalia or Yemen if they don't have a government that we can communicate with that will share information with us? So that is one of the prerogatives and one of the priorities that we're putting on these countries if they want to continue to send us people that want to claim asylum.
The shooting suspect was granted asylum under President Trump earlier this year. The House and Senate Armed Services Committees are looking into deadly military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. NPR's Luke Garrett reports this comes after reports... that the Pentagon targeted survivors.
Committee leaders referenced a Washington Post report that a follow-up strike on survivors of an initial strike was conducted in keeping with Defense Secretary Pete Hex's order to kill everyone on the boats. NPR also confirmed this reporting. The Pentagon denied it.
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Chapter 2: What investigation is ongoing related to the shooting near the White House?
Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat who sits on the committee, told CNN an investigation is needed.
Going after survivors in the water, that is clearly not lawful.
Fellow committee member Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, a Republican from Oklahoma, denied the reporting but said on CNN, These individuals don't care about the lives of our friends and families. Why do we care if we take them out in international water? The inquiries mark a rare case of oversight from the GOP-led Congress.
Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Though weather is complicating travel this Thanksgiving weekend, more than a foot of snow fell across parts of the Midwest. Chuck Hornbach reports from Milwaukee.
The National Weather Service says its office in Sullivan, west of Milwaukee, received nearly 13 inches of snow. The agency says 8 to 12 inches fell in other parts of southern Wisconsin, including at airports in Milwaukee and Madison. Meteorologist Andrew Quigley says the problem is now the snow on the ground.
with gusty northwest winds settling in behind this departing low pressure and some unsettled snowpack that's still loose out there. We do have concerns about blowing and drifting snow.
Airports in the region, including Chicago's O'Hare, are reporting some flight delays. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.
Police are seeking the public's help in finding the person who started shooting during a family gathering in Stockton, California yesterday. Authorities say four people were killed and 10 others were wounded. This is NPR News in Washington. Wicked fans have even more to look forward to. The book's author, Gregory Maguire, is preparing to release a new prequel novel, this time based on Glinda.
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Chapter 3: How do authorities vet asylum seekers from countries like Afghanistan?
NPR's Andrew Limbaugh has more.
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Hot off the record-breaking success of the movie Wicked for Good, publisher HarperCollins announced that this book will be titled Galinda, A Charmed Childhood, and it's set to come out fall 2026. No other details have been released other than it's being billed as a, quote, sister volume to Elfie, which is a prequel that came out this year.
So there's a lot of material for the film franchise to continue, which Universal Pictures has already hinted that there are things cooking. Andrew Limbaugh, NPR News.
Southeast Asia has been battered by tropical storms in recent weeks in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. Authorities say nearly 1,000 people have died in floods and landslides this month. 435 of those deaths occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Pope Leo arrived in Beirut today as part of his first foreign trip as pope.
He's seeking to bring a message of peace to the war-torn region, the target of Israeli airstrikes. The pope also wants to bolster the Christian community in Lebanon, which has the largest share of Christians in the region. He had flown to Beirut from Turkey, where he had condemned violence that was committed in the name of religion. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.
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